A DDoS attack is a flood of internet traffic from many different machines. It targets a single device, service, or network with the intent of overwhelming a specific target so that it can’t be used.

The biggest DDoS attack ever just tried delivering 9,350 HD movies worth of data to one IP in 45 seconds A TP Link router, Radxa X4 SBC, D-Link mesh router, and Zyxel Switch ...

According to Cloudflare, this record-setting attack comes amid a dramatic surge in DDoS assaults. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, Cloudflare mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks.

Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in May 2025 that peaked at 7.3 Tbps, targeting a hosting provider.

Nexusguard’s 2025 DDoS Trends Report showed that while the total number of DDoS attacks increased by just two percent year-over-year (YoY), the average attack size increased by 69 percent, with ...

never-ending arms race Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic Attacker rained down the equivalent of 9,300 full-length HD movies in just 45 seconds.

A Friday distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack hit a record 7.3 terabits per second. Internet security firm Cloudflare says it stopped the 45-second DDoS attack, which translated to roughly ...